Unfortunately, I have got exactly the same problem(s) as you Mr. Vice Destoyer ...

... apart from AlphaJax and Gmail, nothing else gets updated, even after deleting the apps and giving them a fresh install. I cannot say it bothers me an awful lot, but the point is, they should be working!

I am happy to wait until the next update (the so-called Apollo Plus) before I consider doing a factory reset. I only have about ten apps from the store on my tiles page and another eight or nine default tiles so, it is not a busy or hard working set-up ... unlike the look of yours!

Sorry it didn't work. I would say consider contacting the app devs, but you mention the FB app (The Microsoft published one, I assume?) and I don't have any problems opening that. It doesn't update my status/notifications unless I open it, but I did turn off push notifications (because it was constantly pinging while I was commenting back and forth on my PC...), so that might have also affected the tile. It's not a problem for me, as I tend to just use the Me/People Hub tiles for FB stuff on my phone.

Have you tried the WPCentral Forums to see if anyone else has figured out a fix?

Thanks for the WPCentral Forum tip. I did have a glance on there, but not intense look. I will do now. Who knows, I might get lucky.

And yeah, I guess that I have a busy start screen. Believe it or not, I am still praying for a few more apps to arrive on WP8. The patron saints of WP have until Christmas to make a competent Sky app, Barclays mobile banking app and an orientation lock appear on this OS. I like it, but I end up using my old iPhone more than I should for a discarded phone because of this app gap.

No worries. It can be a bit messy on there, threads start up and barely get looked at, which just adds to the mess, but there's a good number of threads on there that are pretty active, so you never know.

At least you're giving it a fair chance. I'm not particularly bothered about apps, as my most-used things are the baked-in FB, the browser and music player, but I appreciate that I'm probably in a tiny minority!

Having said that, since the Natwest app launched (and I finally bothered to sort out internet banking!), I've been using that a lot.

What I had heard, is that they would stop doing the support for *new* WP8 customers. New, as in new guys as of January 2013. I thought I was safe But it looks like I am not. Here is some more about this shit

@RedSparrows A fair few people have been very vocal about not being able to install apps on the SD, so hopefully Microsoft will also address that with an update. It won't do me any good, as I have a Lumia 920. 32GB is sufficient for me though - I got through 2 years on an 8GB Omnia 7 with no expandable storage.

They really need to start pushing out updates to things like this much quicker. Surely bug fixes don't need to be bundled into OS updates.

I am still holding my breadth for this device. WP8 does look good, but I am more worried about the lack of available apps and games on the store. I wish Microsoft would try hard to entice more developers to develop better and better game.
I also wonder whether there will be any jailbreak available for WP8 or not.

I can't say mobile phones have ever genuinely excited me before but now I'm completely and utterly enamoured with my 720! Lack of apps was my concern too before but having identified what is essential to me, I'm honestly content with what is available from the WP store. Granted, I still may be in the 'ooh, new shiny gadget phase' though!